diff --git a/kittens/url_hints/main.py b/kittens/url_hints/main.py
index 0f2d1b9a4..aaed2076f 100644
--- a/kittens/url_hints/main.py
+++ b/kittens/url_hints/main.py
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ OPTIONS = partial('''\
 default=default
 What program to use to open matched URLs. Defaults
 to the default URL open program for the operating system.
+Use a value of - to paste the URL into the terminal window
+instead.
 
 
 --regex
@@ -239,4 +241,9 @@ def main(args):
 
 def handle_result(args, data, target_window_id, boss):
     program = data['program']
-    boss.open_url(data['url'], None if program == 'default' else program)
+    if program == '-':
+        w = boss.window_id_map.get(target_window_id)
+        if w is not None:
+            w.paste(data['url'])
+    else:
+        boss.open_url(data['url'], None if program == 'default' else program)
diff --git a/kitty/kitty.conf b/kitty/kitty.conf
index 50e1b13d3..2dc00a0b2 100644
--- a/kitty/kitty.conf
+++ b/kitty/kitty.conf
@@ -432,9 +432,11 @@ map ctrl+shift+backspace restore_font_size
 map ctrl+shift+f11      toggle_fullscreen
 map ctrl+shift+u        input_unicode_character
 map ctrl+shift+f2       edit_config_file
-# Open a currently visible URL using the keyboard. The program used to open the URL is specified in open_url_with.
-# You can customize how the URLs are detected and opened by specifying command line options to
-# url_hints. For example:
+# Open a currently visible URL using the keyboard. The program used to open the
+# URL is specified in open_url_with.  You can customize how the URLs are
+# detected and opened by specifying command line options to url_hints. The
+# special value of - for --program will cause the selected URL to be inserted
+# into the terminal. For example:
 # map ctrl+shift+e        run_kitten text url_hints --program firefox --regex "http://[^ ]+"
 map ctrl+shift+e        run_kitten text url_hints
 # Open the kitty shell in a new window/tab/overlay/os_window to control kitty using commands.